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TRANSATLANTIC WEEK - FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018 TPN WAS DELIGHTED TO CONVENE IN WASHINGTON DC BETWEEN JULY 18-20 FOR OUR FLAGSHIP ANNUAL EVENT - TRANSATLANTIC WEEK 2022. UNDER THE TITLE "FACING THE CHALLENGES AHEAD TOGETHER: TOWARDS TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP 2030, DELEGATES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW PROGRESS AND SUCCESSES WITH TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TO DATE, TO DEFINE SHORTER-TERM PRIORITIES FOR ACTION, AND TO RECOMMIT TO LONGER-TERM PARTNERSHIP GOALS. SEE HTTPS://WWW.TPNONLINE.ORG/WP/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2022/08/TPN-TRANSATLANTIC-WEEK-2022-FINAL-PROGRAM-WITH-SESSION-REPORTS.PDFSESSIONS HELD: - OUTLOOK FOR TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP - FUNDAMENTAL SHIFTS UNDERWAY: TRANSATLANTIC ACTION TO SECURE A LASTING PEACE - CHALLENGES AHEAD: HOW SHOULD TRANSATLANTIC INSTITUTIONS WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER? - GLOBAL TRENDS 2030 AND BEYOND: JOINT COOPERATION ON STRATEGIC FORESIGHT - JOINT TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA (JTA) PROGRESS TOWARDS RENEWED TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP: PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR AHEAD - THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: DEVELOPING A TRANSATLANTIC APPROACH FOR HANDLING EXTERNAL CHALLENGES? - HOW TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH TRANSATLANTIC COLLABORATION FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AI, QUANTUM, 5G AND R&D COOPERATION? - GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS TO 2030 - VIEWPOINTS ON TRADE - WHAT IS THE TPN NETWORK THINKING? - HOW WILL THE EU AND US STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY WHILE PROMOTING AN OPEN GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM? - FOOD: HOW CAN SUPPLY BE ASSURED BY EFFECTIVE GLOBAL ACTION? - ENERGY: HOW CAN THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS BUILD AN EFFECTIVE TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY MARKET? - THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP - THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSATLANTIC POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: ENSURING THE MAINTENANCE OF DEMOCRACY - TOWARDS TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP 2030: A CONVERSATION WITH THE HONORABLE DARIN LAHOOD - TOWARDS TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP 2030: PRIORITIES FOR GREATER TRANSATLANTIC RESILIENCE IN 2023DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT ENTITLED: "FIREPROOFING THE EU US RELATIONSHIP: IN SEARCH OF A NEW COMPASS":A CONSENSUS VIEW EMERGED AT TRANSATLANTIC WEEK 2022 THAT URGENT ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN TO STRENGTHEN THE EU US RELATIONSHIP GIVEN THE BROAD AND DEEPENING CHALLENGES LYING AHEAD. WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A GEOPOLITICAL WHIRLWIND WHERE THERE IS A REAL SENSE OF FRAGILITY, WITH DEEP CONCERN AS TO WHETHER OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE RESILIENT ENOUGH TO MEET THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. ACTION IS NOW NEEDED BY THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS TO AGREE ON A CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED EU US PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK. FORMULATING AN ACTION PLAN OF THIS NATURE WILL ENSURE THAT THE EU US RELATIONSHIP WILL BE FIREPROOFED BY 2024. TPN HAS NOW DEVELOPED A PROJECT WITH THE PREMISE THAT A NEW COMPASS BE CREATED FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP WHICH WILL ENABLE ALL THE KEY ACTORS TO MEET AND TAKE JOINT DECISIONS TOGETHER, ACHIEVING TANGIBLE OUTCOMES ACROSS A RANGE OF ISSUES THAT WILL PROMOTE TRANSATLANTIC VALUES, SECURITY AND PROSPERITY. THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE: - BRINGING THE TWO EXISTING TRANSATLANTIC AGENDAS TOGETHER WITHIN A PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK TO PROVIDE A VITAL STEP FOR GREATER COHERENCE. WITH THE WIDE VARIETY OF DIALOGUES UNDERWAY, THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER FOCUS OF WHAT THE EU US FRAMEWORK IS INTENDED TO ACHIEVE, NOT LEAST IN THE LIGHT OF THE ADDITIONAL TASKS NOW BEING HANDLED RESULTING FROM THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. - REACTIVATE THE IDEA OF BUILDING BRIDGES AS CONTAINED IN THE NEW TRANSATLANTIC AGREEMENT. THE AIMS OF THE AGENDAS WILL BE MORE EASILY ACHIEVED IF THEY ARE INCLUSIVE BEYOND THE EU AND US ADMINISTRATIONS ALONE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE IDEA OF BUILDING BRIDGES CONTAINED IN THE NTA BE REINVIGORATED, NOT LEAST ENABLING BUSINESS AND LABOUR TO INTERACT REGULARLY. - ESTABLISH A TRANSATLANTIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM OR ASSEMBLY TO ENCOURAGE ONGOING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES. STRENGTHENING THE POLITICAL DIMENSION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE US CONGRESS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF THE OVERALL PROCESS, BRINGING ALL THOSE TOGETHER WHO WISH TO BE A PART OF CREATING THE RENEWED TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP. - DEVELOP MEANS OF COOPERATING ON STRATEGIC FORESIGHT TOGETHER. IT WOULD ALSO BE OF CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE IF THE TENTATIVE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO COOPERATE ON FORESIGHT WITHIN THE EU US FRAMEWORK PROGRESSED, E.G. DOING JOINT WORK ON ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN. - ENSURE THAT THIS EVOLVING EU US DYNAMIC IS PROPERLY LINKED TO THE NATO DIMENSION.

TPN VIRTUAL EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLES - THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2022 TPN DELIVERED A FULL PROGRAMME OF WELL ATTENDED EVENTS WITH UPWARDS OF 20 VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL ROUNDTABLES OVER AND ABOVE THE TRANSATLANTIC WEEK PROGRAMME - SEE HTTPS://WWW.TPNONLINE.ORG/TPN-PROGRAM-2022-KEY-EVENTS/. SESSIONS HELD: - 12-JAN-22 OFF-THE-RECORD DEBRIEF ON THE RECENT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC SPEAKER: ANDREAS SCHWAB MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - 26-JAN-22 TRANSATLANTIC DATA FLOWS: SPEAKERS: PETER HARRELL, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND COMPETITIVENESS, WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, PHILIPP RAETHER, CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER, ALLIANZ - 24-FEB-22 UKRAINE SITUATION: EU AND NATO COOPERATION. SPEAKERS: RICCARDO PERISSICH, SENIOR FELLOW, THE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LUISS UNIVERSITY MAX BERGMANN, SENIOR FELLOW, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS - 21-MAR-22 SUPPLY CHAINS - VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH RUPERT SCHLEGELMILCH AND HOLGER KRAHMER SPEAKERS: RUPERT SCHLEGELMILCH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL AND DIRECTOR - DG TRADE, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, HOLGER KRAHMER, HEAD OF EU AFFAIRS - AUTOMOTIVE - MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG/EU CORPORATE REPRESENTATION - 23-MAR-22 VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA ELLARD, WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION SPEAKER: ANGELA ELLARD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL, WTO - 06-APR-22 VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH AXEL VOSS MEP AND PATRICIA NEUMANN. SPEAKERS: AXEL VOSS MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PATRICIA NEUMANN, VICE PRESIDENT, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA FOR DATA AND AI SALES, IBM - 12-APR-22 TPN ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF PETER BEYER MP, BUNDESTAG. SPEAKERS: PETER BEYER MP, MEMBER OF THE BUNDESTAG, LISA SCHROETER, GLOBAL DIRECTOR, TRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICY, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - 04-MAY-22 VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR THIBAUT KLEINER, EUROPEAN COMMISSION "TRANSATLANTIC DIGITAL RELATIONS AHEAD OF THE SPRING 2022 TTC" THIBAUT KLEINER, DIRECTOR FOR POLICY, STRATEGY AND OUTREACH AT DG CONNECT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION - 14-JUN-22 VIRTUAL CONVERSATION WITH THE HONORABLE MIKE WALTZ (R - FLORIDA), MEMBER OF CONGRESS - 14-JUN-22 TPN ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF JOHN STANKEY, CEO, AT&T, CHAIR: DITA CHARANZOV MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. SPEAKER: JOHN STANKEY, CEO, AT&T - 30-JUN-22 EU-US TPN ROUNDTABLE IN HONOR OF CONGRESSMAN JIM COSTA. CHAIR: PROFESSOR DANUTA HUEBNER MEP - 19-JUL-22 TPN TRANSATLANTIC WEEK - TPN'S FLAGSHIP ANNUAL MEETING - 21-SEP-22 US-EU TPN ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF DANIEL CASPARY MEP, SPEAKER: DANIEL CASPARY MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - 27-SEP-22 US-EU TPN ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF BRANDAN CARR, FCC COMMISSIONER, SPEAKER: BRENDAN CARR, FCC COMMISSIONER - 28-SEP-22 US-EU ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF BRUCE STOKES, VISITING SENIOR FELLOW AT THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ITS TRANSATLANTIC TASK FORCE. - 05-OCT-22 US-EU ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF DANIEL HAMILTON AND CHAIRMAN BERND LANGE MEP SPEAKERS: DANIEL S. HAMILTON, SENIOR NON-RESIDENT FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION AND A FACULTY MEMBER AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, BERND LANGE, CHAIRMAN TRADE COMMITTEE AND MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - 10-OCT-22 US-EU ROUNDTABLE IN HONOUR OF KIRA RUDYK MP, UKRAINE CHAIR: DRAGO TUDORACHE MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER: KIRA RUDYK MP, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE OF LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS FOR EUROPE (ALDE) AND LEADER OF HOLOS LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY - 16-NOV-22 US-EU ROUNDTABLE TOPIC: WHAT DO THE CONGRESSIONAL MID-TERM ELECTIONS MEAN FOR TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, CHAIR: DR CHRISTIAN EHLER MEP, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER: ED GILLESPIE, SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, EXTERNAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, AT&T - 07-DEC-22 TPN ROUNDTABLE "EXPLORING THE METAVERSE". SPEAKER: NICK CLEGG PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS AT META - 14-DEC-22 A READ-OUT OF THE EU/US TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL SPEAKERS: RUPERT SCHLEGELMILCH, DIRECTOR IN DG TRADE, THE AMERICAS, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SAFETY (TRADE.D), EUROPEAN COMMISSION, PENNY NAAS, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND SUSTAINABILITY, UPS